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Lebanon refugees talk to Al Jazeera

As many as 10,000 Palestinians have fled to thenearby al-Baddawi refugee camp [AFP]

Thousands of Palestinian refugees continue to flee Nahr al-Bared refugee camp after three days of clashes between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam. More than 80 people have died in what has been described as Lebanon’s worst case of internal fighting since the 1975-1990 civil war.

Al Jazeera spoke to Palestinians from the embattled refugee camp about the clashes they have endured and the destruction they are slowly coming to terms with.

Murtaja El-Hajj, 38, UNRWA sanitation officer

"This is a repeat of the 1948 Palestinian Nakbha, when the state of Israel was created," el-Hajj said.

El-Hajj was born at Nahr al-Bared refugee camp and now lives there with his wife and children.

He said he refuses to leave his home because he has nowhere else to go.